Boat loading device



L. J. LINDBLOM BOAT LOADING DEVICE Filed Jan. 10, 1946 INVENTOR. Lawrence JLmdb/om BY Aff'y Patented Dcc. 3, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOAT LOADING DEVICE Lawrence Julius Lindblom, San Francisco, Calif.

Application January 10, 1946, Serial No. 640,300

1 Claim.

of a motor vehicle by a single person and with-' out undue strain.

A further object is to provide means for placing the boat on the vehicle top without marring the same.

A still further object is to provide means for lowering the boat after it has been placed on the top of the vehicle against suction cups so as to maintain the same in fixed position.

A further object is to provide means for transporting the boat after the same has been removed from the top of the vehicle.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a, part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a motor vehicle showing the manner in which the boat is moved onto the top, and showing in dotted lines the position the boat will occupy when in fixed relation to the vehicle.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my boat arrangement, and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the manner in which the boat may be transported after being removed from the motor vehicle.

Ordinarily when a boat is carried upon the top of a vehicle it requires the services of several people in order to place the boat onto the vehicle; also, damage is done to the surface of the vehicle clue to the scraping of the boat thereon, and the same procedure is required for removing the boat from the vehicle.

Also, the persons handling the boat are very apt to sustain strain due to the awkward positions in which they have to work during the loading and unloading of the boat.

Also, after the boat is upon the ground it has to be carried to the point of placing the same in the water.

I have, therefore, provided means whereby a single individual may very readily place a boat upon the top of a mOtOr vehicle, secure it thereto and later remove it therefrom for transportation along the earth.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a motor vehicle as a whole, having a roof portion 6. The numeral I designates a boat which may be of any desired construction.

My invention consists in mounting in the bow of the boat a wheel 8, and upon the sides, wheels 9 and II, which wheels 9 and I I are located fairly closely to the bow-wheel 8. These wheels 9 and II serve merely to balance the boat after it is placed upon the motor vehicle, and during the movement of the boat into its securing position,

Also mounted upon the gunwale of the boat are suction cups, as shown at I2, I3, I4 and I6; and secured to the transom of the boat are handles I1 and 8.

The result of this construction is that when the boat is so equipped, the person who is about to place the same upon the vehicle lifts the bow up onto the back of the car. By now taking hold of the handles I1 and I8 the bow of the boat may be pushed upwardly over the back of the car until the wheels 9 and I I come into contact with the top of the vehicle.

These wheels 9 and I I will now take care of any tipping action which might be encountered and prove injurious to the finish of the vehicle,

As the wheel 8 approaches the front of the car it will leave the curvature and extend over the engine hood, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The wheels 9 and II will also leave the top of the car due to the forward curvature, and the suction cups I2, I3, I 4 and I6 will engage the top and then serve to hold the boat in relatively fixed position.

In order to safeguard any movement, tie-cables, as shown in dotted lines at "A" and "B" may be used.

When it is desired to remove the boat of! from the top of the car the suction cups are released in the usual manner as by running a toothpick or match under the edge thereof to relieve the suction, and. then a slight lift and backward pull on the handles I1 and II! will bring the wheels 9 and I I against the top and the whole boat may be moved rearwardly and oil from the vehicle.

When the boat has been placed upon the ground the wheel 8 may be used to transport the boat in wheelbarrow fashion, using the handles to guide the boat, and the same may be transported in this manner to the place where it is to be placed in the water,

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple means for positioning a boat upon 5 ve- 'hiole eewellumennetortrmportingthebtat :round.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 10

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. LAWRENCE JULIUS LINDBIDU. 

